Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        peanut oil
   1      tablespoon    garlic chopped fine
   1      tablespoon    galangal chopped fine
   1      tablespoon    lemon grass chopped fine
   1      tablespoon    Thai basil chopped
   1 1/2  pounds        stewing beef 1" cubes
   1 1/2  cups          coconut milk
   2      tablespoons   curry paste -- (Thai masaman)
   1      tablespoon    lime zest shredded
   1      tablespoon    lime leaves shredded
   1      tablespoon    fish sauce
   1      teaspoon      chile paste -- up to 4
   2      cups          potatoes cut into 1" cubes
   1      cup           pearl onions

Preparation:

First, prepare the curry paste and coconut milk separately. Add the paste with some of the 'cream' form the coconut milk and heat until the oil starts to separate. Then, in a separate pan, heat peanut oil, garlic, galangal and lemon grass. Stir fry 1 minute until oil is aromatic. Add beef and stir fry 3 minutes until lightly browned and add the curry paste/coconut cream mixture Add the rest of the coconut milk, lime zest, lime leaves, basil, fish sauce and chile paste, bring to a boil, and reduce heat. Simmer 45 minutes, until beef is tender. When beef is just tender, add potatoes and onions to curry and simmer 30 minutes, until potatoes are cooked. Yield - 6 cu